All Was Quiet on the Western Front,
And Everywhere Else, for That Matter

An Interactive Journal News Roundup

Updated Jan. 3, 2000 12:39 a.m. ET

As the world welcomed the new year, the long-predicted millennium bug failed to rear its ugly head. Minor glitches were the only evidence that computers even noticed the date-change that has preoccupied nations, and their money, for so long.

Here is a rundown on how select regions, countries and cities around the world fared during the transition to the year 2000: